Dinos' in the Morning!

More Dino Pics!

Obviously I wont be able to load all 100 pictures (it was a long day) but here are some of my favorites.

I wanted to get to the museum before the crowd, but I forgot that NYC everyday is a busy place. There were a lot of school children, and parents, and frightened kids there but it wasn't that bad. Because I am writing a story about a field trip though, I could not help but turn my attention to the awe struck school kids.

Outside of the yelling, and occasionally fighting they were delightful little beings. I mean seeing a kid stare into the 'face' of TRex and then roar, priceless! And they still use the damn buddy system, which amazed and pleased me because hand holding is a huge part of my story. Huge! And these kids were glued to their buddy whether they wanted to be or not.

But back to the dinos:

I can't decided which dinosaur I liked the best. I mean they were all flipping amazing. I of course gravitated towards the Triceratops because I have a toy one in my room. I know it's childish but I found it at work 2 months ago and he (george, because I name everything george) has been my bedside companion since. There is something so definitively strong and protective about Mr. Triceratops, and I made an attempt to run into him first.

But I was struck by how many dinos on display that I never could have imagined in my whole entire world. Like this mofo here:

Is he a deer? A hybrid winged animal? I do not know. Okay, I do kind of know thanks to some footnotes I made. He's a Megalocerous, the largest deer from the prehistoric era. Damn right he's the largest deer. I would not want to run into him on the road. But I do wonder what he would have looked like back in the day. All fleshed out and stuff. I was standing next to a guy who had the same puzzled look on my face, and we both parted soon after to digest the sight.

The stegosaurus was another gem. The curvature in it's back is amazeballs, and look at those spikes! I mean come on.

There were too many dinos to look at, and I spent 90 minutes checking out each display. I was drawn to the smaller dinosaurs, the ones that exclusively stayed in herds for protection, and was intrigued by them. My friend mentioned Deinoychus, which are smaller dinosaurs defined by their hunting skills, and I eventually found them in some corner. Compared to the bigger bones, these guys were tiny but deadly. I loved them

And then there was this fellow:

the awkward turtle. He was floating in the sky and I wanted to rub his belly.

Now that I've been to the museum I have to start working on this story. It's my whole reason for going. The whole time I was there, I took notes in my composition notebook in order to remember feelings, sights, and other sense related things to be conscious of. I have a tentative name for the story, In Our Genes, based on a display in the Hall of Human Origins.

The story really has more to do with that hall then the dinosaurs (pics to come soon!) but regardless the trip was necessary for inspiration. Mission Accomplished.

Now time to write, and do some research on film workshops. I am tempted to look at ones in the UK despite the financial worries. But a part of me is saying "fuck worries, do something extraordinary and scary. do it. do it'.